Golf practicing device



Feb. 3, 1931. J. B. PAGE GOLF PRAGTICING DEVICE Filed Jan. 14

Patented Feb. 3, 1931 UNITED STATES JAMES B. PAGE, OF NEW YORK, 'NQ YQ GOLF-PRACTICING DEVICE Application filed January 14, 1929. Serial No. 332,323.

This invention relates to golf practicing devices; and it comprises a base portion consisting of a flat surface of rubber, linoleum, felt or the like, preferably colored green to simulate a golf course fairway or driving tee, and provided with means for temporarily retaining an imitation golf ball which is of light material such as paper, cardboard, celluloid and the like, the retaining means for the imitation golf ball preferably be1ng located in a spot which is painted to resemble a golf ball, so that the person using the practicing device and standing over the spot Wlll see what appears to be a golf ball ready to be driven; all as more fully hereinafter set forth and as claimed.

The practicing device is particularly useful indoors and when properly used is of great advantage to a golfer in curing slices, hooks and tendency to top the ball.

Indoor golf practicing devices have been.

known and have been used to some extent but they are usually relatively complicated in construction and expensive in manufacture, and somewhat cumbersome in use. My invention consists of two simple and inexpensive parts and which when properly used is of reat aid to golfers in curing the usual gol g faults.

In the accompanying drawings showing one form ofa specific embodiment of my 1nvention and in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts, I

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of the pract1c1ng tee;

Fig. 2 is a transverse section along l1ne 22 of Fig. l; r

Fig. 3 is a transverse section along line 33 of Figure 2; and

Fi & is a segmental spective view. I

In the drawings, 1 indicates an artificial green fairway or driving tee in the form of a mat and made of rubber, felt, artificial turf, linoleum or the like and advantageously colored green. At the spot from which the golfer is to practice a golf ball 2 is painted so that when standing over this spot the golfer disassembled perhas the illusion that there is a golf ball ready. to be hit. In the center of thispainted ball are two slots 3 and 4 at right'angles to each other preferably in alinement with the sides of the practicing tee and arranged to hold the practice ball. The practice ball comprises a spherical, or flat or disk shaped paper, celluloid or similar imitation golf ball 5 having the tab or extension 6 whichis in effect a substitute tee. The combination ball and tee'when used in the mat will place the ball at the elevation usual when using sand or other tees. And in order to accommodate the device to different players using different length tees, there may be furnished with the device several balls having tees 6 of different lengths.

In use the tee portion 6 of the imitation golf ball is inserted in one or the other of the slots and pressed down sufficiently far to give the golfer the impression that there is a golf ball on a tee ready to be driven. The golfer then takes his stance and swings at the ball. When he hits it it is usually driven out of the slot a very short distance, due to the fact that the imitation ball is made of very light material or, when the tee portion 6 is of sufficiently weak material the ball is simply bent over. Since imitation balls can be made of paper or like relatively inexpensive material destruction of the balls is of little consequence. The mat or artificial tee being flat, and of substantial thickness, as shown in the drawing, frictionally engages the surface upon which it rests and is not moved when the club strikes it. The imitation ball can be knocked directly out of the slot and not carry any portion of the mat with it.

In using this device the golfer can correct slices, and hooks, he can overcome the tendency to top the ball and he can learn how to take the proper stance in approaching the ball for a drive or for a putt. The imitation golf green may be of linoleum, paper, rubber, etc. with a golf ball painted on it which gives an optical illusion of actually looking at a golf ball and the painted ball of celluloid or paper is so placed that a golfer has the same advantages practicing on this as on a regular golf tee or fairway. While the slots are shown midway of the imitation green they of course can be located at any point and one, two or more slots at difierent angles may be employed.

What I claim is 1. A golf practice device comprising a mat forming an imitation green of a size substantially larger than a golf ball, an imitation golf ball, a representation of a golf ball upon said green, said representation being of a color contrasting with that of the green and means Within said representation for loosely supporting the imitation golf ball in upright position and centered over said representation.

2. In a golf practice device, a practice mat,

a representation of a golf ball integral with said practice mat, a slot in said representation, the said slot adapted to receive a tab attached to an imitation golf ball and to detachably support and center the said imita- V tion golf ball above said representation.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto afiixed my signature.

7 JAMES B. PAGE. 

